Added Vitamins & Minerals in Food
Vitamins and minerals are added to foods to enrich or fortify them, such as the B vitamins and iron added to enriched flour.
Nicotinic acid
Nicotinic acid, also known as niacin, is a form of vitamin B3. It is a water-soluble vitamin that occurs naturally …
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Thiamin
Thiamin, also known as vitamin B1, is an essential nutrient that plays a vital role in energy metabolism and nerve …
What is Thiamin? →
Iron
Iron is an essential mineral that plays a vital role in the body, primarily in the formation of haemoglobin, which …
What is Iron? →
Calcium carbonate
Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound that occurs naturally as the mineral calcite. It is also produced industrially. In food, …
What is Calcium carbonate? →
Ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid is a naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties. It is a form of vitamin C, essential for …
What is Ascorbic acid? →
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin essential for nerve function, red blood cell formation, and DNA …
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Riboflavins
Riboflavins, also known as vitamin B2, are water-soluble vitamins essential for human health. They occur naturally in foods such as …
What is Riboflavins? →
Calcium
Calcium is a mineral and an essential nutrient for the human body. It is naturally found in many foods, such …
What is Calcium? →
Folic acid
Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate, a B vitamin naturally found in leafy green vegetables, fruits, and legumes. …
What is Folic acid? →
Sodium ascorbate
Sodium ascorbate is the sodium salt of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). It is produced by reacting ascorbic acid with a …
What is Sodium ascorbate? →
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a crucial role in protein metabolism, red blood …
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that the body needs to absorb calcium and phosphate. It is produced naturally in …
What is Vitamin D? →
Pantothenic acid
Pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B5, is a water-soluble vitamin naturally found in many foods. It is essential for …
What is Pantothenic acid? →
Calcium phosphates
Calcium phosphates are a group of salts or esters of calcium and phosphoric acid. They occur naturally in bones and …
What is Calcium phosphates? →
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a group of fat-soluble compounds, primarily tocopherols and tocotrienols. It is found naturally in many foods like …
What is Vitamin E? →
Ergocalciferol
Ergocalciferol is a form of vitamin D, also known as vitamin D2. It is naturally found in some fungi, such …
What is Ergocalciferol? →
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision, immune function, and cell growth. It occurs naturally in animal products …
What is Vitamin A? →
Iodine
Iodine is a naturally occurring mineral essential for human health. It is found in seawater, soil, and certain foods, particularly …
What is Iodine? →
Biotin
Biotin, also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H, is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a role in metabolism, including …
What is Biotin? →
Riboflavin
Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a water-soluble vitamin that occurs naturally in foods such as eggs, milk, meat, …
What is Riboflavin? →
Potassium iodide
Potassium iodide is the potassium salt of iodine. It is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water. It is typically …
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Cholecalciferol
Cholecalciferol is a form of vitamin D, also known as vitamin D3. It is naturally produced in the skin of …
What is Cholecalciferol? →
Taurine
Taurine is an amino sulfonic acid, meaning it contains a sulfur atom. It is found naturally in the human body …
What is Taurine? →
Tricalcium phosphate
Tricalcium phosphate is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid. It is a white powder that can be sourced from mineral …
What is Tricalcium phosphate? →
Thiamin mononitrate
Thiamin mononitrate is a synthetic form of thiamin, also known as vitamin B1. Thiamin is an essential nutrient vital for …
What is Thiamin mononitrate? →
Iodised salt
Iodised salt is common table salt (sodium chloride) that has had a small amount of iodine added. Iodine is a …
What is Iodised salt? →
Potassium
Potassium is an essential mineral, a vital electrolyte that plays a crucial role in maintaining fluid balance, nerve signals, and …
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Magnesium chloride
Magnesium chloride is an ionic compound made of magnesium and chlorine. It occurs naturally in seawater and as the mineral …
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Zinc
Zinc is an essential mineral, naturally found in foods like meat, shellfish, legumes, nuts, and seeds. It plays a vital …
What is Zinc? →
Retinyl acetate
Retinyl acetate is the acetate ester of retinol, a form of vitamin A. It is a fat-soluble vitamin that is …
What is Retinyl acetate? →
Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a group of fat-soluble vitamins essential for blood clotting and bone health. It occurs naturally in leafy …
What is Vitamin K? →
Calcium D-pantothenate
Calcium D-pantothenate is the calcium salt of pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B5. It is a water-soluble vitamin that …
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Vitamin D yeast
Vitamin D yeast is produced by exposing baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to ultraviolet (UV) light. This process encourages the yeast …
What is Vitamin D yeast? →
Calcium carbonates
Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound that occurs naturally as the mineral calcite. In food production, it is often sourced …
What is Calcium carbonates? →
Micronutrient Blend
A micronutrient blend is a mixture of vitamins and minerals, often including trace elements. These are typically added to foods …
What is Micronutrient Blend? →
Zinc oxide
Zinc oxide is a mineral compound of zinc and oxygen. It is typically produced by heating zinc metal in the …
What is Zinc oxide? →
Magnesium
Magnesium is a naturally occurring mineral essential for human health. It is found in various foods like leafy green vegetables, …
What is Magnesium? →
Ferric diphosphate
Ferric diphosphate, also known as iron(III) pyrophosphate, is an inorganic compound. It is a salt formed from iron and pyrophosphate. …
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Zinc sulfate
Zinc sulfate is an inorganic salt that occurs naturally as the mineral zincite. Industrially, it is often produced by reacting …
What is Zinc sulfate? →
Alpha-tocopherol
Alpha-tocopherol is a form of vitamin E, a fat-soluble nutrient naturally found in many foods like vegetable oils, nuts, and …
What is Alpha-tocopherol? →
Magnesium oxide
Magnesium oxide is a white, powdery mineral compound. It occurs naturally as the mineral periclase, but is typically produced commercially …
What is Magnesium oxide? →
Manganese sulfate
Manganese sulfate is an inorganic salt that appears as a white crystalline powder. It is typically manufactured through the reaction …
What is Manganese sulfate? →
L-carnitine-L-tartrate
L-carnitine-L-tartrate is a compound formed from L-carnitine, an amino acid derivative naturally produced by the body, and L-tartaric acid, a …
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Vitamin and mineral blend
A vitamin and mineral blend is a mixture of specific vitamins and minerals, often added to foods to increase their …
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Nutritional yeast
Nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast, typically *Saccharomyces cerevisiae*. It is grown on molasses or other sugar sources and then …
What is Nutritional yeast? →
Calcium-L-methylfolate
Calcium-L-methylfolate is the calcium salt of L-methylfolate, the biologically active form of folate (vitamin B9). Folate is naturally found in …
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Sodium selenite
Sodium selenite is an inorganic salt compound. It is synthetically produced for use as a food additive and nutrient. It …
What is Sodium selenite? →
Ferrous sulfate
Ferrous sulfate is an iron salt, commonly appearing as a pale blue or greenish crystalline solid. It is typically produced …
What is Ferrous sulfate? →
Sodium
Sodium is a mineral that is essential for life, playing a key role in nerve and muscle function, and maintaining …
What is Sodium? →
Magnesium citrate
Magnesium citrate is a magnesium salt of citric acid, a naturally occurring organic acid found in citrus fruits. It is …
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Note:
This site presents label data from Open Food Facts for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.